(July 20, 2025 at 8:48 pm)Forever Sophist Wrote: This leads me to believe, that if you want to help somebody leave religion, then we have to do more work on embracing the process of grief and being comfortable with this existential nightmare that is our existence.
I think you are missing three points:
1) Atheists aren't necessarily trying to convert anyone. In my opinion, we are just trying to be honest.
2) Our lives don't become "existential nightmares," whatever that is supposed to mean. They aren't anything different than what they already were.
3) People often prefer to live in their imaginations, but that is what entertainments are for.
